One of the stock Sydney jokes is of the census-taker who enquires: 'How many children have you, ma'am?' 'Two living and three in Melbourne.'

They [zebras] looked like highly varnished animated toys.

Africa is cruel...it takes your heart and grinds it into powdered stone - and no-one minds

You cannot sell a blemished apple in the supermarket, but you can sell a tasteless one provided it is shiny, smooth, even, uniform and bright.

Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is seldom satisfied with the result.

English tradition debars from dinner-table conversation almost all topics that might interest the conversers and insists upon strict adherence to banalities.

The pioneer kills what he loves.

How much does one imagine, how much observe? One can no more separate those functions than divide light from air, or wetness from water.

The Beatties were always arguing, it gave them an interest in life.

Dogs may be divided into two classes: those who are merely afraid of cattle and those who can't abide them.

The great point about money was to convert it as quickly as possible into something you could use or enjoy.

No one ever drowned in sweat.

Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-conciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make.

Fear is sharp-sighted and can see things under ground and much more in the skies.

You come to the planet with nothing and you leave with nothing, so youd better do some good while you are here.

Rick Perry unveiled his new tax plan. He says he wants a flat tax. He believes that tax should be flat, just like the earth.

It doesn't matter whether you are rich or poor - as long as you've got money.

I'd seen more cops in the last few days than on a weekend LAW and ORDER marathon" - Paigne Winterbourne

I desperately want to see the day today and do the best I can not miss a shred of sunlight. It'll be over before I know it.

Happines is like mercury. Hard to hold, and when we drop it, it shatters into a million pieces. Maybe the bravest of all are those who have the courage to reach for it again.

I don't like to be afraid. I'm afraid every day, all the time.